Marmosops caucae

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Tschudi's Slender Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Thylamyini
Genus : Marmosops
Subgenus : Marmosops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1900-02-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(26):217-222.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340189

Original name as described

Marmosa caucae

Other common names

Andean Slender Mouse Opossum · Tschudi's Slender Mouse Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.6.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52345815-d56c-4b3e-81b3-4225b6839878

Type locality

"R. Caqueta, a tributary of the Cauca, near Cali." Corrected by Tate (1933) to "Río Cauquita, near Cali, 1000 m," Valle de Cauca, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously known under the name impavidus (Tschudi, 1845), which is now a nomen dubium, and includes neblina

Taxonomy notes citation

Díaz Nieto, J.F., Gómez Laverde, M. and Sánchez Giraldo, C. 2011. Rediscovery and redescription of Marmosops handleyi (Pine, 1981) (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), the least known Andean slender mouse opossum. Mastozoología Neotropical 18: 45-61. · Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Voss, R. S. (2016). A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosops, Part 1. Species of the subgenus Sciophanes. Bulletin of the american museum of natural history, 2016(402), 1-70.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000108

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Marmosa oroensis

(H. E. Anthony, 1922)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

oroensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47180

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47180

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa celicae

(H. E. Anthony, 1922)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

celicae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47182

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47182

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa caucae ucayaliensis

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ucayaliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-78952

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-78952

Authority page

9

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa caucae

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

caucae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.6.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52345815-d56c-4b3e-81b3-4225b6839878

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340189

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa sobrina

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

sobrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.10.24.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d440723b-c67d-4d48-9597-bd7bb53dc971

Authority page

573

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22100060

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa perfusca

(O. Thomas, 1924)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

perfuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.11.13.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cccfd863-d31b-461d-8734-edc64706123b

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Marmosa madescens

(Osgood, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

madescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:19689

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=576b46d3-06e7-41da-9b46-222d462dae6b

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465009

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa purui

(G. S. Miller, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

purui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:105543

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/311089216-fa1f-4509-a06a-8d17ec04a412

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337807

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosops impavidus neblina

A. L. Gardner, 1990

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

neblina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:560735

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38fb914f9-b688-4101-8a66-1d6ff4497e69

Authority page

414

Authority publication

Gainesville

Marmosops neblina

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

neblina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136830/197314373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosops fuscatus perfuscus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

perfuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Marmosops caucae

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

caucae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000108

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89333777/89333796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosa impavida neblina

(A. L. Gardner, 1988)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

neblina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

698

Authority publication

Caracas

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